Raymond L. Rodriguez

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Raymond L. Rodriguez
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Born1947 (age 75–76)
Fresno, California
TitleProfessor, Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur

Raymond L. Rodriguez (born 1947) is an American professor of biology, specializing in molecular biology, genomics and biotechnology. His current research interests include diet-genome interactions, plant-made pharmaceuticals and the food/brain axis. Rodriguez is also an inventor, and entrepreneur. [1] [2] [3] His research at the University of California, San Francisco in the 1970s helped lay the foundation for the biotechnology industry. He also holds several issued US patents. He is involved in programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion for women and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

The son of migrant farm workers, Rodriguez was born in 1947 in Fresno, California and raised in San Joaquin and Kerman, California. In 1965, he graduated from Kerman Union High School. After graduating from Fresno City College, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from California State University, Fresno in 1969 [6] and in the following year he entered the PhD program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Under the supervision of professor Cedric Davern, [7] Rodriguez produced visual autoradiographic evidence for bidirectional replication [8] of the E. coli chromosome. While a UC Santa Cruz graduate student, Rodriguez received a research fellowship from the Ford Foundation in 1973.

Post-doctoral research

After receiving his PhD in 1974, Rodriguez was awarded an A.P. Giannini postdoctoral fellowship to work with professor Herbert W. Boyer in the department of microbiology at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. [4] In Boyer's laboratory, Rodriguez collaborated with postdoctoral fellow, Francisco Bolivar Zapata (Paco), to construct more efficient and better characterized cloning vectors. [9] Together, they constructed the 4,361 base pair, circular, autonomously replicating, DNA molecule, pBR322, the first general purpose molecular cloning vector approved [10] by the National Institute of Health Guidelines. [11] [12] The abbreviation, “pBR322,” refers to the plasmid “p,” constructed by Bolivar and Rodriguez “BR,” and the last of “322” transformed colonies to be screened for the pBR322 [13] plasmid. The 1977 publication describing the construction of pBR322 [9] has been cited more than 6,000 times. [14] Soon after its approval by the NIH, pBR322 was used to clone and express the first chemically synthesized gene for the human peptide hormone, somatostatin. [15] The following year, researchers at Harvard University used pBR322 to clone and express rat proinsulin. [16] The main components of pBR322 can be found in many other plasmid vectors, particularly the pUC plasmids designed and constructed by professor Joachim Messing.

In 1976 Rodriguez received fellowships from the National Cancer Institute and the UC President's postdoctoral fellowship program to support plasmid vector research and development. [9]

Career

In 1977, Rodriguez joined the faculty of the University of California, Davis, department of molecular and cellular biology (formerly the genetics department). There, he developed specialized promoter-probe cloning vectors [17] [18] to better understand the regulation of bacterial transcription. In 1998 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences [4] and later their Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (1992) and the Principles of Community Award (2012), from the UC Davis College of Biological Science. [4]

In 1990, as a member of the Physical Mapping Group, Rodriguez gained experience with genomics by participating in the cloning and mapping of the human APOE gene on chromosome 19 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [19] Shortly thereafter, he created the International Rice Genome Organization, [20] [21] an ad hoc organization of genomics and agriculture experts to develop a strategy for sequencing the rice genome. [22] This strategy was later used by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. [23] The first draft of the rice genome was released on April 5, 2002. [24]

In January 2003, Rodriguez received funds from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to create a Center of Excellence for Nutritional Genomics. [25] [26] The center was a collaborative effort with the Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute. [27] Rodriguez served as Center director until 2009.

From 2007 to 2008, he chaired the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences, Plant Genome Research, 3-Year Program Review which assessed the impact of plant genome sequencing on plant biology research. [28]

In 2008 Rodriguez was a Distinguished Lecturer for the  USDA-ARS  Beltsville Center. [29]

In 2009, Rodriguez received an Honorary Doctorate of Science, from  Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan [4] [30] [31]

In 2010, Rodriguez, with the help of professor Somen Nandi, [32] formed Global HealthShare Initiative (GHS), [33] [34] an outreach and knowledge dissemination program. [35] As GHS's executive director, [36] and vice president of Humanity Beyond Barriers, [37] he helped organized international health projects [38] in India, [39] Bangladesh, [40] and Rwanda. [41]

In 2012, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) funded Rodriguez to engineer a plant-made human butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), an enzyme used to treat the effects of chemical warfare agents, like sarin gas. [42] Using the fermentation of rice cells transformed with the human BuChE gene, the plant-made enzyme was found to be as effective as human-sourced BuChE in neutralizing sarin. [43]

In 2015, he was an invited presenter to the  President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology  (PCAST). [44] [4]

In 2016, Rodriguez was elected a Fellow of the  American Association for the Advancement of Science. [5]

In 2018, Rodriguez received the Outstanding Alumni award from Fresno State University, College of Science & Mathematics [4] [2] and was appointed a Distinguish Collaborative Research Professor at Osaka University.

In 2019, Rodriguez directed an interdisciplinary research collaboration project involving the University of California, Davis, Osaka University and Kirin Holdings Co, Japan to use plant cell fermentation to produce safe, effective and affordable human growth factors for stem cell cures. [45] [46]

On June 16, 2021, Osaka University awarded him an honorary degree in recognition of his contributions 'in building the relationship between the two universities, promoting educational exchange, and performing educational and research activity'. [47]

Research discoveries and accomplishments

As assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Genetics, Rodriguez published two edited volumes entitled “Promoters: Structure and Function” in 1982 with M.J. Chamberlin [48] and “Vectors: A Survey of Molecular Cloning Vectors,” in 1987 with D.T. Denhardt. [49] During this period, Rodriguez developed the first molecular cloning lab course in the nation for undergraduates and graduate students. The course was accompanied by a laboratory manual entitled “Recombinant DNA Techniques: An Introduction” [50] co-authored with Dr. Robert C. Tait. [51]

In addition to his research and development of plasmid vectors, Rodriguez also developed a research program to understand the physiological and molecular processes of rice (Oryza sativa). Rodriguez investigated the molecular biology of rice gene systems related to seed germination. This research resulted in the cloning and sequencing of the rice alpha-amylase multigene family. [52] [53] One of the outcomes of this research was the use of alpha-amylase gene promoters to express human proteins in transgenic rice cells. [54] [55] These findings resulted in eighteen issued US patents.

As executive director of the Center of Excellence for Nutritional Genomics, Rodriguez coordinated the research activities of over 50 research faculty, physicians, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to investigate diet-gene interactions. Center researchers published over 200 research publications and two volumes on diet-gene interactions and their relationship to human health and disease. These included, Nutrigenomics: Discovering the Path to Personalized Nutrition [56] with Dr. Jim Kaput and Nutritional Genomics: Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease [57] with professor Wayne Bidlack. [58] In addition to his duties as Center director, Rodriguez maintained a research program to investigate the role of dietary factors capable of promoting epigenetic changes on genes related to cancer risk. [59]

Diversity, inclusion, equity

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Throughout his career, Rodriguez provided educational and research opportunities for racial/ethnic minorities (REM) and women in STEM. From 1980 to 1994, he provided research experiences for REMs and women from various California State Universities, NIH MBRS [60] /MARC [61] programs, and select HBCUs around the U.S.. From 1990 to 1993, Rodriguez served as Associate Dean in the UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies. He then organized "Professors for the Future," [62] a mentoring program for diverse, high performing graduate students interested in careers in academia. From 2001 to 2002, Rodriguez served as a member and eventually chair of the Advisory Council, for the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. From 2005 to 2016 Rodriguez served as a member of the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health [63] (BIRCWH) program at the UC Davis Medical Center. In 2016, he was a member of the UC Davis NIH Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program [64] (PREP) Internal Advisory and Steering Committees. From 2012 to 2017, Rodriguez served as co-principal investigator and member of the NSF ADVANCE [65] / CAMPOS [66] program designed to increase the number of REM women faculty members in STEM departments at UC Davis. In 2013, Rodriguez received funding from Intel Corporation to organize the first Girls Who Code summer immersion course on a university campus. The Girls Who Code program is designed to close the gender gap in the computer sciences. [67] [2]

Selected publications

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pBR322 Artificial plasmid

pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used E. coli cloning vectors. Created in 1977 in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University of California, San Francisco, it was named after Francisco Bolivar Zapata, the postdoctoral researcher and Raymond L. Rodriguez. The p stands for "plasmid," and BR for "Bolivar" and "Rodriguez."

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pUC19

pUC19 is one of a series of plasmid cloning vectors created by Joachim Messing and co-workers. The designation "pUC" is derived from the classical "p" prefix and the abbreviation for the University of California, where early work on the plasmid series had been conducted. It is a circular double stranded DNA and has 2686 base pairs. pUC19 is one of the most widely used vector molecules as the recombinants, or the cells into which foreign DNA has been introduced, can be easily distinguished from the non-recombinants based on color differences of colonies on growth media. pUC18 is similar to pUC19, but the MCS region is reversed.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of genetic engineering</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Genetic engineering techniques</span> Methods used to change the DNA of organisms

Genetic engineering techniques allow the modification of animal and plant genomes. Techniques have been devised to insert, delete, and modify DNA at multiple levels, ranging from a specific base pair in a specific gene to entire genes. There are a number of steps that are followed before a genetically modified organism (GMO) is created. Genetic engineers must first choose what gene they wish to insert, modify, or delete. The gene must then be isolated and incorporated, along with other genetic elements, into a suitable vector. This vector is then used to insert the gene into the host genome, creating a transgenic or edited organism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">In vitro recombination</span> Process of isolation and amplification of DNA segments

Recombinant DNA (rDNA), or molecular cloning, is the process by which a single gene, or segment of DNA, is isolated and amplified. Recombinant DNA is also known as in vitro recombination. A cloning vector is a DNA molecule that carries foreign DNA into a host cell, where it replicates, producing many copies of itself along with the foreign DNA. There are many types of cloning vectors such as plasmids and phages. In order to carry out recombination between vector and the foreign DNA, it is necessary the vector and DNA to be cloned by digestion, ligase the foreign DNA into the vector with the enzyme DNA ligase. And DNA is inserted by introducing the DNA into bacteria cells by transformation.

Mervyn James Bibb FRS is an Emeritus Fellow at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.

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